ASUU Threatens To Shut Lagos Universities Over Non Implementation Of Agreement

Lagos State Universities are set to be sanctioned by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, as the institutions may be shutdown for failing to implement agreements reached by various parties.

The Universities are: Lagos State University, LASU, Lagos University of Education, LASUED, and Lagos State University of Science and Technology, LASUSTECH.

The aforementioned Universities owned by State Government may be plunged into another round of industrial crisis over the failure of the Government  to implement the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU Agreement.

The Lagos State Government is being accused of neglecting lecturers’ welfare, by refusing to implement the agreement six months after its signing, despite what it described as sustained engagements with government officials.

ASUU at a press conference held on Thursday at the Lagos State University of Science and Technology, LASUSTECH, said that the LASG has declared its readiness to support any action taken by its branches in the three institutions to compel the government to honour the agreement.

At the press briefing, ASUU Lagos Zone Coordinator, Adesola Nassir, said the continued delay had left lecturers feeling neglected, undervalued, and increasingly uncertain about the government’s commitment to their welfare.

He also questioned the government’s position, saying: “How can a government demand world-class university rankings while failing to create world-class conditions for academic work? How can excellence flourish where welfare remains uncertain? How can innovation thrive amid recurring industrial tension?”

It further argued that Lagos, which prides itself on being the “Centre of Excellence,” should not lag behind other states that have already begun implementing the agreement.

“No government can legitimately claim excellence while the intellectual workforce responsible for producing excellence experiences prolonged uncertainty over agreed welfare commitments,” Nassir said.

According to ASUU, the situation has already begun to affect staff morale and could ultimately result in declining academic standards, institutional instability and disruption of academic calendars.